FLIGHT ADVENTURES (Intermediate) ((EXERCISE I97E279)

(1)   Read the newspaper stories below and complete each story with the verbs given in the boxes.

arrived     took     discovered      got      heard     stopped    took

A passenger traveling to California nearly ____________________ in New Zealand on Sunday. The passenger _____________________ a flight from Chicago. She _______________________ an announcement and _________________________ on the plane. Two hours later, she _____________________ it was a flight to Auckland, New Zealand, not Oakland, California. When the plane ______________________ in Honolulu, she __________________________ another flight back to California.

had          lifted          ran         rented          said          saw       spent       swam         was

A group of tourists on a tour of the Grand Canyon ____________________ a free helicopter ride on a recent vacation. The group ___________________ a boat for a ride through the canyon, but the boat ____________________ into a rock and sank. The tourists _________________ to shore and ______________________ the night in a cave. The next morning, a rescue team in a helicopter __________________________ them and _________________________ them out of the canyon. “It __________________ the best part of our tour,” ____________________ one of the tourists.

(2)   Choose the correct response.

(A)    I missed my flight on Friday.

  _____ That’s terrific! _____ That’s terrible!   _____ That’s great!

(B)    The flight attendant spilled my drink all over me when we hit some air turbulence.

_____ Oh, sorry.    _____ How embarrassing!    ______ Good for you!

(C)    My parents gave me a trip to Disneyland for my birthday.

_____ Lucky you.     ______ Have you?    _____ How awful.

(D)    Wendy and Tim have gone to New Zealand for their honeymoon.

_____ Don’t worry.     _____ Sounds great!    _____ Oh, that’s terrific!

                                         

ANSWERS: FLIGHT ADVENTURES

(1)  Read the newspaper stories below and complete each story with the verbs given in the boxes.

arrived     took     discovered      got      heard     stopped    took

A passenger traveling to California nearly arrived in New Zealand on Sunday. The passenger took a flight from Chicago. She heard an announcement and got on the plane. Two hours later, she discovered it was a flight to Auckland, New Zealand, not Oakland, California. When the plane stopped in Honolulu, she took another flight back to California.

had          lifted          ran         rented          said          saw       spent       swam         was

A group of tourists on a tour of the Grand Canyon had a free helicopter ride on a recent vacation. The group rented a boat for a ride through the canyon, but the boat ran into a rock and sank. The tourists swam to shore and spent the night in a cave. The next morning, a rescue team in a helicopter saw them and lifted them out of the canyon. “It was the best part of our tour,” said one of the tourists.

(2)   Choose the correct response.

(A)    I missed my flight on Friday.

    _____ That’s terrific!  X  That’s terrible!   _____ That’s great!

(B)    The flight attendant spilled my drink all over me when we hit some air turbulence.

    _____ Oh, sorry.      X   How embarrassing!    ______ Good for you!

(C)    My parents gave me a trip to Disneyland for my birthday.

       X    Lucky you.     ______ Have you?    _____ How awful.

(D)    Wendy and Tim have gone to New Zealand for their honeymoon.

      _____ Don’t worry.     _____ Sounds great!         X   Oh, that’s terrific!

                                         

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